[ARIN-consult] Reminder: Consultation on Increasing the size of the ARIN Board of Trustees

[William Herrin]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:12 AM, John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:

> On 12 Jul 2017, at 11:05 AM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>
> Unfocused goals don't support gratuitous changes to the board structure.
> If a precise definition of "diversity of background" is not yet possible
> then you don't yet understand your goal well enough to make potentially
> destructive changes based on it. Focus on improving your goal statement
> first.
>
>
> Bill -
>
>    Alas, we have to the listen to the community to obtain that clarity, so
>    I must ask you -
>
>      “Do you believe that there is a definition/goal of diversity that
> ARIN should target for the Board of Trustees?”
>

No, I think that's probably a rabbit hole too.

I think the pool of candidates who are both technically qualified (priority
1) and willing to volunteer (priority 2) is too small to support an
explicit diversity goal (somewhere around priority 5 or 6). With only a
vague goal and a limited pool, I would restrict any action to small changes
with little potential for harm, such as:

* the direction the board already gave the nomcom,
* expanding who can serve on the nomcom (currently only ARIN members may
serve, limiting the nominators' diversity) and
* expanding the criteria for who the nomcom can consider for nomination
(IIRC, an ARIN member must recommend someone for nomination before the
nomcom can consider them)

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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William Herrin ................ herrin at dirtside.com  bill at herrin.us
Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
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